A diversion tactic?
Police Captain Kenneth Albotra believes that retired Police Colonel Royina Garma implicated him during the House Quad Committee hearing because she wants to divert the attention away from her.
He firmly denied any personal knowledge of a reward system tied to the war on drugs during former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte's administration, stating that he had no involvement or awareness of such a program.
Police Captain Kenneth Albotra believes that retired Police Colonel Royina Garma implicated him during the House Quad Committee hearing because she wants to divert the attention away from her.
He firmly denied any personal knowledge of a reward system tied to the war on drugs during former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte's administration, stating that he had no involvement or awareness of such a program.
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00:00I wish to manifest as well the very spontaneous testimony of Colonel Garma
00:09about you mentioning to him to her and even and even trying to boast upon the
00:21fact that you are part of the killing incident against Mayor Tony Halili.
00:27The testimony is very spontaneous. It is very natural and we do not see any
00:35reason why we should not believe that testimony of Colonel Garma. Unless Major
00:42Albotra, you will be able to prove motive against Colonel Garma. We may be
00:51inclined to reconsider this position. Can you please try to think harder?
00:59May galit po ba sa inyo si Major, si Colonel Garma? Ano po ba ang posibling dahilan kung
01:08bakit kayo ii-implicate ni Colonel Garma amid your claim of absolute
01:15innocence? Mr. Chair, I can only think of two reasons, Mr. Chair. Unang-una po, masyado
01:25na pong confused na confused at mabigat na pong ginadaan na ni ma'am. Kaya
01:31gusto niyo na po sigurong ipasa ang burden, Mr. Chair.
01:33Pangalawa, yung barayuga murder case po, Mr. Chair,
01:41baka naipit na po si ma'am. Kaya po gusto niyo na siguro pong
01:48i-divert ang attention ng Quadcom na ito, Mr. Chair. Atsaka si Lieutenant Colonel
01:54Santi Mendoza po, Mr. Chair. Siya po ay classmate ko. Baka po naggalit na rin si
02:01ma'am sa class namin, Mr. Chair. You have to realize, Major Albotra, that the
02:06testimony that was given by Colonel Garma started with the President down to
02:13the police operatives. Yours is not even a pinch of that totality. At kagaya po
02:23ng tinanong kanina ng ibang members ng Quad, why of all the police officers in
02:30the entire country, why you? If she indeed is not telling the truth.
02:39Can I answer, Mr. Chair? Yes. Sa totoo lang, Mr. Chair, hindi ko po talaga alam, Mr. Chair.
02:48Yun lang pong reason na yun ang naisip ko. Pero kung you try to background me po
02:55doon sa Cebu, Mr. Chair, wala pong maniniwala, Mr. Chair, na ako ay ganun
02:58klaseng tao. Hindi po ako mayabang. Tahimik nga lang po ako, Mr. Chair. Yun lang po, Mr. Chair.
03:07Now, Major, I wish to invite your attention to paragraph 12 of your
03:12affidavit. Sabi mo dito, even my subsequent career promotion and
03:18assignments debunks any notion of being rewarded or incentivized due to any
03:27allegations of killings. Do you know for a fact that the reward system exists? Yes
03:36or no? Mr. Chair, partly yes, Mr. Chair, partly no.
03:43Partly yes. Enlighten us, which part of the reward system are you aware of?
03:51What I am trying to elaborate here, Mr. Chair. Ako po ay tapon-tapon din, Mr. Chair, sa aking assignments.
04:02Yung promotion ko, kita niyo naman, Mr. Chair, hanggang ngayon. Hindi pa ako napopromote.
04:09And kung totoo, Mr. Chair, na talagang party ako nung pagpatay kay Mayor Halili,
04:19siguro po maganda po yung assignment ko, Mr. Chair. Hindi po ako binalik dun sa Cebu, Mr. Chair.
04:26Tapos, yes, Mr. Chair. So when you speak about reward system, you are pertaining
04:33only to promotion and assignment? Is that what you mean? Opo, Mr. Chair. Then you
04:40could have used the word promotion and assignment and not reward. Why did you
04:47use the term reward? What do you understand about the reward system of
04:54the war on drugs? I have no personal knowledge on that, Mr. Chair. I did not
05:03partake on that. If you do not have a personal knowledge, this representation
05:08would not mind if that is a hearsay. What do you understand about the reward
05:16system? Because certainly, this is not about promotion. This is not about a
05:22choice of assignment. Otherwise, you should have indicated that in paragraph
05:2812. What do you understand about the reward system of the war on drugs?
05:36Your Honor, Mr. Chair, yun po ang aking ibig sabihin po, Mr. Chair. When I see, when I write here in my affidavit, the word reward, Mr. Chair, and in synthesize.
05:56Did you read your affidavit before you signed? Yes, Mr. Chair, Your Honor.
06:01Yun po ang gumawa ng affidavit nyo? Yung lawyer ko po, Mr. Chair, in my presence.
06:11Kaya po ang nag, Mr. Chair. If your intention really is to pertain to promotion and
06:17choice of assignment, Major Albotra, bakit hindi yun ang ginamit mong
06:22terminologies? Mr. Chair, Your Honor, yun po talaga ang ibig sabihin ng pag, kung ikaw ay
06:37mariwarda ng assignment o magandang assignment or promotions po, Mr. Chair.
06:43With that, Major Albotra, you are denying the reward system which was testified to
06:51already by Colonel Garma, by Colonel Espinosa, by Colonel Santi, as well as the
07:04pronouncements made already by the then President and the other Senators all
07:11over the media. Are you denying all this? Mr. Chair, there are rumors about that,
07:20Mr. Chair, but I have no direct knowledge on that, Mr. Chair.